Community Programs

Community Harvest

Community Harvest

Harvesting, gleaning, and recycling in support of local Maine communities.

The following is a snapshot of our 2023 gleaning efforts from June through November.

25
Farms and partner organizations across the State of Maine
74,686
Pounds of produce gleaned from our Research Farm fields
$185K+
Produce donated across our network of local partners
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Major Gleaning Partners

We encourage you to learn more about our Community Harvest gleaning partners! They are doing incredible work to distribute donated produce to area food pantries and improve food access. Please consider volunteering your time to support their efforts!

Central Maine
Gleaners
Based in Waterville, Maine, this gleaning organization actively gleans from the field, and offers transport for produce that the program has harvested and distributes to other outlets.


Veggies
for All
(in partnership with Waldo County Bounty)
This gleaning organization conducts in-field gleaning and also offers transport of produce.



Daybreak
Growers Alliance
(in partnership with Waldo County Bounty)
Orchestrates the Farm-to-Pantry program through Waldo County Bounty to offer some of our excess produce to area food pantries. They also provide transportation for harvested produce.
Belfast
Soup Kitchen
The Kitchen serves hot meals with some of our donated produce and distributes it to guests.





China
Food Pantry
The Pantry picks up produce to distribute at their weekly food bank.






If you are interested in participating in our Community Harvest gleaning or recycling efforts in the state of Maine, please use the following address to email us.

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